Soweto Tour with Lesedi Cultural

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5 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Get an essential introduction to recent South African history on this guided tour to the township of Soweto. Learn about how the township's experiences during the Apartheid era. Visit Mandela House, Hector Pieterson Museum, and Lesedi Cultural Village to watch a traditional dance. Includes lunch at a local restaurant.

What's Included

Water
Lunch
Guide
Transportation Round-trip
Entrance fee
Souvenir (available to purchase)
Gratitudes

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

hotels, private homestead

Itinerary

Duration: 5 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    Get ready to be entertained and also get to know more about South Africa History on these majestic tour from Johannesburg. We depart from your hotel rheaded to Soweto. As we drive through Johannesburg sleek highways we get to soak in a lot of the famous buildings build during apartheid era. We also get to see small hills of mine dumps from the places that they mined these gold. We enter Soweto and straight head to Hector Peterson Museum for a historic Visit to know why the students did not want to learn in Afrikaaners Language back in 1976. From there we head to Mandela House and see the former Icon house with some furniture still in place and from there we have an African Meal at a local restaurant. Our day is getting better and better. From here we drive through Soweto comparing the various houses and also see some 'shacks' Africa Ghettos. We continue and make our way to Lesedi Cultural Village for some Africa Culture where we will tour the different Africa Homesteads and soak in a lot of Africa Culture. We will cap the day by a famous Africa Dance that will make our tour a wonderful day. Book these Tour for an amazing day of Africa Culture at its best.

    3 hours Admission ticket included
  • 2

    Visit Nelson Mandela House where he lives before he was arrested in 1963 and 27 years in Jail however after his 27 years of imprisonment Nelson never returned to the house he had new house in Johannesburg Houghton. The corner of Vilakazi streets, a short distance away, is the Soweto home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who, like Mandela, was the recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize and they are sharing the street.

    30 minutes Admission ticket included
  • 3

    visit Hector Pieterson Museum. Guide will explain and elaborate about the museum.

    1 hour Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Day Trips
Half-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Car Tours
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Cancellation Policy

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